February 2009 Bulletin

February 2009 BULLETIN

The King Blues, SohoDolls and Mark from The Levellers play Brighton Vegan Fayre March 21st

The line up for the Main Stage at the Brighton Vegan Fayre is looking red hot with the announcement of the King Blues, Soho Dolls and Mark from The Levellers all confirming appearances at the show

The King Blues – up and coming straight outta London and hot as they come, this 3 piece is getting scores of accolades from all quarters wherever they play, including a UK tour for The Big Issue this spring. Their 2008 album Save the World Get the Girl was undoubtedly one of the best albums of the year and includes the memorable track Lets hang the Landlord. The organisers of the Brighton Vegan Fayre are looking forward to this set more than any! Check their myspace page to hear some of the 21st century classics from this soon – to – be – massive trio of near legends – The King Blues
http://www.myspace.com/thekingblues

SohoDolls – with two band members and the manager all vegan, it was hard to resist this band, and one stop at their myspace page was enough to convince us that we really wanted this outrageous London band to play the Brighton Fayre. Mixing glam with pop to a mesmeric effect, SohoDolls will perform a short set at Brighton - a gothic-punk fairytale? burlesque?  glam-cabaret? futuro-electro dickensian terrordome?
ladies and gentleman – the elusive, the enigmatic, the indefinable - Sohodolls!
www.myspace.com/sohodolls   www.sohodolls.co.uk

Mark from The Levellers  - Mark Chadwick has been singing with The Levellers since the beginning way back in the 80’s and is still one of the finest voices of his generation – and still performs  to the highest level, with a mixture of ‘something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue’  in his extensive repertoire. With a mountain of hugely talented friends in Brighton where he lives, including several members of the Levs, its likely that there will be a few ‘special guests’ joining Mark on stage at what could well be the highlight of the show
http://www.levellers.co.uk/

Tickets priced £8 (£4 kids under 12) are now on sale from www.yaoh.co.uk/catalog

The Vegan Environmental Awards 2009 – Voting has begun

The VEA's have swung into action with 9 categories and 9 nominees in each, a total of 81 of the best vegan people products projects and organisations – and you can vote once a month every month until May 30th 09, when the lines will close and the winners will be announced at the Bristol Vegan Fayre May 31st 09 – click here to vote

Off The Hoof – New veggie Lifestyle Magazine – Issue 2 is out Feb 1st

The second issue of Off the Hoof is out now! Contains 100 pages of vegan news and reviews, including a report into Greyhound racing, a report on Palm Oil, and a day with the Hunt Sabbers! And we are running a special offer – Buy an copy of Issue 2 (priced £3.95) and get a copy of Issue 1 FREE – Post and packing is free too – visit www.yaoh.co.uk/catalog

LATEST NEWS

Bristol Vegan Fayre – Half price stalls for small campaigners

The website for the 7th annual Bristol Vegan Fayre is live and bookings are now being taken – and there are 20 stalls available at Half Price for small campaigners in the waterfront market, meaning that they can trade from as little as £57.50 + vat a day…..these are on a first come first served basis – contact the Yaoh office on 0117 9239053 ASAP for availability

Brighton Vegan Fayre – New Sponsor – welcome Redwood

Redwood Wholefoods have very kindly agreed to supersize sponsor the Brighton Vegan Fayre March 21st 09 – thanks a billion to this superb team that has been at the forefront of innovative vegan products for a while now. Redwood specialise in vegan 'meats'' and 'cheeses'' incuding their award winning Redwood melting Cheezly – see www.redwoodfoods.co.uk

Bristol Vegan Fayre – first sponsors announced

Big thanks to The Vegan Society, Beanies, Bute Island and Off The Hoof for their supersize sponsorship deals for Bristol – once again a huge show of support, and very much appreciated. Feel free to show your support to these wonderful people, truly the champions of the vegan community right now

www.vegansociety.com www.beanieshealthfoods.co.uk   www.buteisland.com  www.offthehoof.co.uk

UPCOMING EVENTS

Healthy Living Show March 09

A brand new healthy living consumer lifestyle show with plenty of veggie vegan options takes place in Bournemouth Feb 28th/March 1st 09 – see www.healthylivingshows.co.uk

Brighton Vegan Fayre March 09

Oh yes, looking sweet as….big venue, loads going on, proper day out for the whole family – Saturday March 21st 09, see www.veganfayre.co.uk

Incredible Veggie Show April 09

Large veggie show in London with celebrity cookery demos and lots of shopping and information – http://www.viva.org.uk/roadshows09/veggieshow.html

Veggie Pride UK May 16th 09 – Birmingham

A celebration of vegetarian and vegan diets/lifestyles. It`s an opportunity for everyone following these lifestyles to come together for a fun, carnival style event whilst also raising awareness of the many benefits.
Veggie Pride UK will consist of a festival with food, stalls, live stage entertainment etc and a colourful, vibrant procession with local steel band, samba band, super hero/vegetable costumes, banners, flags etc. The event website is currently being built www.veggiepride.org.uk

Bristol Vegan Fayre May 09

Confirmed for May 30th and 31st 09, this huge 2 day outdoor extravaganza remains the biggest event on the vegan calendar – see www.bristolveganfayre.co.uk for the 2008 show – website for 09 show going live in the New Year.